gargantuan

• adj. 庞大的，巨大的

1. of great mass; huge and bulky;

"a jumbo jet"

"jumbo shrimp"

a gargantuan appetite/meal

食欲极佳；丰盛的大餐

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...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions.

大规模的促销活动

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a gargantuan corruption scandal.

骇人听闻的腐败丑闻

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The Allies assembled a gargantuan naval armada, from battleships and destroyers to landing craft and coasters.

盟军组成了一支庞大的海军舰队, 从战列舰、驱逐舰到登陆艇以及运输艇等.

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Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.

我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误.

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These gargantuan crabs were once affected by dark energy of Heresh, but now cured by Shalassa.

这些很大很大很大很大很大的螃蟹曾经被赫勒什的黑暗能量感染, 但现在他们被沙拉萨治愈了.

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There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.

在这个巨大的水族箱里,有足够的活动空间让各种惊喜出现.

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Gargantuan asteroid to pass near Earth this fall.

大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过.

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Two more of the massive beasts swung a gargantuan battering ram against the city's main gates.

(囧)另外两只粗壮的食人魔则摇动着庞大的攻城锤撞向主城大门.

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Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.

天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物.

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Like China, Vietnam is open, but unlike its gargantuan neighbour it consistently run trade deficits.

像中国一样, 越南也开放了经济, 但与其庞大的邻国不同,越南的贸易一直处于逆差.

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My gargantuan, pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire, and that was all.

我那庞大的 、 早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏, 就这些.

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Convertibility of the currency is a gargantuan barrier.

货币的可兑换性就是一个巨大的障碍.

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The preference is evident in the gargantuan New World Department Store in Shanghai's commercial heart.

显然,人们首选的是位于上海商业中心庞大的新世界百货商场.

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Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least $ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.

福尔克甚至说服耐克公司至少花了100万美元去推销乔丹, 这在当时是一笔巨额款项.

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The Allies assembled a gargantuan naval armada, from battleships and destroyers to landing and coasters.

同时盟军集结了大批的海军舰艇, 从战列舰、驱逐舰到登陆艇、小船.

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来自法语小说人名Gargantua,食人怪兽。来自gargle, 喉咙，漱口。

1. My gargantuan, pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire, and that was all.

我那庞大的 、 早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏, 就这些.

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2. Falk even persuaded Nike to spend at least $ 1 million marketing Jordan, a gargantuan sum at the time.

福尔克甚至说服耐克公司至少花了100万美元去推销乔丹, 这在当时是一笔巨额款项.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Right away, I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.

我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误.

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4. Astronomers have seen gargantuan plumes of material from nearer galaxies as well.

天文学家也看到过较近的星系伸出的巨大的羽状物.

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5. Gargantuan asteroid to pass near Earth this fall.

大量小行星今秋将与地球错身而过.

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gargantuan (adj.)

"enormous," 1590s, from Gargantua, name of the voracious giant in Rabelais' novels, supposedly from Spanish/Portuguese garganta "gullet, throat," which is from the same imitative root as gargle (v.).